Cut card base from Bermuda bay card stock and die cut the front using the stitched rectangles die (it will cut only the faux stitches)
Stamp image on white card stock and die cut. Color the image using your Chameleon Pens.
For the largest two fish (green and orange) use the Seville orange and Spring Meadow pens, infusing each one for 15 seconds using the toning medium, then color them in.
Add dots using the Aqua marine pen on the green fish using the bullet point, and stripes on the Orange one using the Seville Orange and Purple grape, infuse each one for 2 seconds (bullet point), do the same for the hat and the book. For the hat you will use Purple Grape and Aqua marine pen and for the book the Fawn pen.
Color the other 3 fish using Aqua Marine, Purple Grape and Seville orange and infuse each one for 7-10 seconds using the toning medium.
Color the bow on the orange fish using the bullet point on the Crimson red marker (no infusing needed).
Infuse the Crimson red marker (bullet point) for 5 seconds and color the heart. Apply crystal effects on the heart.
Add googly eyes on the fish. Tie twine on top of the layer.
Adhere the whole panel using dimensionals onto the card base and you are done.

Isn’t this just fabulous, we can just see children all around the world shaking their fish cards to get those goggly eyes moving!

Kasia joins us today for her first ever design team post so please leave her some love in your comments, you may not know this but Kasia had never used an alcohol pen before she received her Deluxe set of Chameleon pens, she was more familiar working in pencil, so you can imagine how blown away we were with her first attempt to colour with Chameleon pens.

1 Make base card from white card.
2. Apply red cardstock to the half base card, and hearts cardstock on the other half.
3. Cut a frame with white bazzil.
4. Cut an oval from small hearts paper and add to oval lace frame, then attach to the base card.
5. Colour the digi stamp cut out and apply with 3d pads.
6. Apply inscription-this one was typewritten and some wash tape added to finish.

Here’s a close up showing how Kasia created the features of the face, cool isn’t it?

And this one shows the dimension created with foam pads.

Don’t forget we would love to see your Chameleon Valentine creations, you can share them with us on Facebook here

Yes if you haven’t already checked your mail box, the latest issue of the Chameleon Newsletter was mailed out this week!

The big scoop, we got the incredibly talented Sonia Leong, to create a fabulous video tutorial showing how to colour a Manga image that she drew and whats more she is allowing our readers to download the image to colour for FREE!

Plus meet our design team and other fabulous hints and tips.

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First stamp the image and color the dress with PK3, BL3, RD4 and BL6. Start off with straight color and then begin to blend by leaving the mixing chamber on the pen for about 10 seconds with each addition of color.

Then color her hair with BR2 and Br5. BR2 was laid down first and then the mixing chamber was placed on the nib for approximately 8 seconds before colouring in the highlighted areas, shadows were added using BR5.

Her skin was colored with NU1 and NU3. NU1 is very similiar to E11 with copics it adds the nice dark tone to the skin when applied direct. If you add the mixing chamber for 10 seconds you will get a nice E000 look, then continue, but decrease the time you hold the mixing chamber on the nib as you go, this will give you a nice even blend.

Use the Joy Craft Heart border for the side of the card and a Spellbinder oval diecut for the main image. A Joy Craft die cut was placed behind the oval, topped off with a Stampin Up diecut. Then layered with a simple straight square cut.

This card will certainly have the recipient floating on air, we will be bringing you more Valentines inspiration over the coming weeks so don’t forget to follow us with Bloglovin’ , just click the box to the right of this page, it is that simple!

Victoria Schultz Grundy is joining us today to share this stunning Mandala that she drew herself, she is such a talented artist and we are so pleased that she took our Chameleon 22 Deluxe pen set for a test drive.

The shading of this piece really makes the image flow and gives it a three dimensional feel.

Victoria has used our Olive Green, Warm Sunset and Sky Blue to colour the outer parts of the mandala, how cool that you can achieve all these shades with just three pens!

In this next step Purple Grape and Crimson Red have been added giving a wonderful warmth to the project. The mandala was then finished by adding Hot Cocoa to the centre, so this whole project only used 6 pens, amazing eh?

If you have created any Zentangle projects then please do share them with us on our Facebook page here

With Valentines Day approaching our thoughts turn to friends and loved ones, this wonderfully cute card by Ilina is perfect to give a friend to show you care. And yes those bunnies were coloured just using the one Cool Grey pen!

We were so excited when Victoria agreed to try out our pens, as a published Zen Doodle artist her work really caught our eye. When her finished projects hit our in box the oohs and aahs could be heard for miles!

Victoria has used our deluxe pen set which contains a detail pen with a 4mm and 6mm nib which is perfect for drawing your Zentangles. Rather than using a blended approach she has used blocks of color using the same pen to get the myriad of shades seen here.

Here is another shot of the work in progress, we just love how cluttered her desk is with arty bits but there is still room for her Chameleon Pens!

We asked Victoria to tell us a bit about her creative journey.

“I’m an artist”. That statement was very powerful to me growing up in a small Midwestern town. There weren’t many artists that I knew and no art museums or computers or internet, yet somehow I was still an artist. My sister says I was born to be one. Most of us artists figure this out early in that we see the world differently, I surely did.
Because of this I saw art in everything, mostly nature. I created with what items I had often painting rocks and later sculpting with salt dough. It didn’t matter what the material was. I think now I believed in the meditative equation of time spent lost in drawing was really good for me. In College I studied interior design and art I was able to travel abroad.
I was excited to see the world through another culture and through the art of Europe.
I like painting and drawing but I am just as creative sewing and cooking as well as designing.
Currently I’m exploring teaching a drawing class were we explore much more than drawing. Of course I cover techniques, composition, and color but the best part is that we share our lives. There is great joy for us both when my students find they can do these amazing things. I helped them to find this creative thread and nurture it.
It is a mighty thing when the thing you love gives back.
I give away a lot of what I create because I want to make room for more and because I love the gift of giving. I will keep creating I believe, because that is what I was made to do.

We have more of Victoria’s stunning work to share with you over the coming weeks so make sure you have clicked the follow us button so you don’t miss her amazing work.

1. Make card from card-stock. Place stencil on top of card base, use dabbler and Kaleidacolor to add color. Set aside.

2. Stamp images on separate piece of card-stock.

3. Infuse BL6 for 5 seconds for each petal on one flower. Infuse PK3 for 5 seconds each petal and color over BL6 flower, blending the colors. Infuse RD4 for 5 seconds color each petal on one flower. Infuse OR4 for 5 seconds for each petal and color over RD4 flower. Infuse GR3 for 5 seconds for each petal on last flower. Infuse YL2 for 5 seconds for each petal and color over GR3.

4. Infuse YG3 for 5 seconds for each leaf.

5. Trim all images leaving a hint of white unless you have the matching dies. Cut out images.

We scour the globe looking for artists to showcase our products and during one such search we came across the wonderful Teresa Abajo, she kindly agreed to do a video for us and if you are local to where she lives in Australia you might find her teaching a Chameleon class near you!

We asked Teresa to tell us a little bit about herself so you could all get to know her.

I am a mother of three, part time hospital scientist who loves to play with paper. I generally classify myself as a cardmaker, but I also love to make books, dabble in mixed media and generally make a colourful mess.
I am lucky to be able to teach this craft at my local shop, I’m published regularly in several publications, and I serve on a number of design teams.
I love to make things and when they put a smile on someone’s face, I feel fulfilled and happy. I think I’m exactly where I should be.

With spring around the corner this is the perfect home decor project to brighten a wintery day!

Teresa used Warm Sunset (Y03) to colour the flowers, yes she really did get all those shades from the one pen!

If you would like to see more of Teresa’s projects you can find them on her blog, The Tamarisk here.